#26 Sam Altman on "How to be Successful?" (13 steps)
Episode 26 of the Rational Optimization /w Elias Schlie podcast, hosted by Elias Schlie, titled "#26 Sam Altman on "How to be Successful?" (13 steps)" was published on January 31, 2024 and runs 17 minutes.
January 31, 2024 ·17m · Rational Optimization /w Elias Schlie
Summary
Sam Altman wrote an amazing article outlining 13 steps on "How to be Successful?". In this podcast, I summarize the important points for us to understand his ideas. The article I was talking about 📹Watch on YouTube 🏔️List of my favorite Episodes 🌐My Website 📸My Instagram ❤️If you want to support this podcast: Paypal.me 🫶 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - 1. Compound your self 02:26 - 2. Have Almost too much Self-belief 03:52 - 3. Learn to Think Independently 05:35 - 4. Get good at "Sales" 06:49 - 5. Make it easy to take risk 08:18 - 6. Focus 09:00 - 7. Work Hard 09:52 - 8. Be Bolt 11:06 - 9. Be willful 12:20 - 10. Be Hard to Compete with 13:13 - 11. Build a Network 15:22 - 12. You get rich by owning things 15:59 - 13. Be Internally Driven
Episode Description
Sam Altman wrote an amazing article outlining 13 steps on "How to be Successful?". In this podcast, I summarize the important points for us to understand his ideas.
The article I was talking about
🏔️List of my favorite Episodes
❤️If you want to support this podcast: Paypal.me 🫶
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - 1. Compound your self
02:26 - 2. Have Almost too much Self-belief
03:52 - 3. Learn to Think Independently
05:35 - 4. Get good at "Sales"
06:49 - 5. Make it easy to take risk
08:18 - 6. Focus
09:00 - 7. Work Hard
09:52 - 8. Be Bolt
11:06 - 9. Be willful
12:20 - 10. Be Hard to Compete with
13:13 - 11. Build a Network
15:22 - 12. You get rich by owning things
15:59 - 13. Be Internally Driven
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